{"id":2149,"date":"2013-01-27T08:06:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T08:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/01\/the-catholic-hospital-that-did.html"},"modified":"2013-01-27T08:06:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T08:06:00","slug":"the-catholic-hospital-that-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/01\/the-catholic-hospital-that-did.html","title":{"rendered":"The Catholic Hospital that did"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Did a terrible thing to the Church\u2019s number one issue that is. \u00a0Right now, the\u00a0Church\u2019s\u00a0stalwart\u00a0defense of all things life is its defining mission. \u00a0Moving toward\u00a0pacifism, \u00a0banning the death penalty, rejecting abortion, contraception, euthanasia \u2013 all of these come down to the Church\u2019s modern emphasis on human life above all things. \u00a0I mean, there are other things the Church will haggle over, or reach across the\u00a0aisle\u00a0about, like God, the Bible, Salvation, Heaven and Hell. But increasingly, when it comes to life, that is to be protected above all things, no matter what the cost. \u00a0No debate. \u00a0No discussion.<\/p>\n

So naturally, it\u2019s made the news that the\u00a0lawyers\u00a0of a Catholic Hospital in Colorado<\/a> are defending against wrongful death claim, partly by insisting that two babies who died at 28 weeks gestation weren\u2019t really people. \u00a0Sigh. \u00a0I know, I know. \u00a0I\u2019m not a lawyer. \u00a0There are probably reams of legal mumbo-jumbo that would explain everything. \u00a0But in the end, this is a public relations nightmare for the Church. \u00a0Since I know a little bit about wrongful death claims, I can say the Church might be able to direct its lawyers to fight the claim, and then agree to settle both for the mother and the babies if found responsible. \u00a0Or something. <\/p>\n

But to take some nuanced, legalized technicality regarding the definition of\u00a0person-hood\u00a0and say they\u2019re running with it stinks to high\u00a0heaven\u00a0 \u00a0I don\u2019t care what the reason. \u00a0I don\u2019t care if Colorado law says otherwise. \u00a0This is human life we\u2019re talking about, and right now, the pro-choice and pro-just about anything else crowd is having fun with the hypocrisy 101 charges. \u00a0Saying \u2018oh well, the state says it\u2019s not life, and we\u2019ll just have to benefit from it this time\u2019 is about as convincing as you probably imagine. <\/p>\n

The hospital has every right to demand equal protection under the law. It\u2019s not the hospital\u2019s fault that the secular legal system doesn\u2019t recognise [sic] the fetus as a person.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Especially nauseating was seeing Catholics rushing to defend the Hospital by, among other things, accusing the grieving family of being a bunch of money grabbers\u00a0exploiting their dead unborn babies for loot. \u00a0Thankfully\u00a0it looks like those posts have been removed. \u00a0We don\u2019t need another throwback to the glory days when people accusing the Church of abuse were the ones taken out to the stake. Still, at least some have gotten it right:<\/p>\n

The twins either died due to negligence or they didn\u2019t. IMO, that is the ONLY legal question the hospital should be willing to argue. If death resulted from malpractice, they need to pay up. It is the only moral thing to do. We all know that what is legal is very often immoral, so they must not hide behind Justice\u2019s skirts.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hope and pray that in the coming weeks, if this story sticks around, Catholics and the Catholic Church won\u2019t set itself up for another abuse-scale scandal about the one issue it has hung its hat on for the last 50 years.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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